Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, who would have turned 84 in October 2015 was confirmed dead nearly
an hour after he was wheeled into the ICU of Bethany hospital in a
critical condition following the collapse at around 6.30 PM.Arriving
at the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) around 5.40 PM, Kalam took
rest for sometime and started the lecture on 'Livable Planet' at 6.35
pm. He collapsed five minutes later, according to Director

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam was admitted to the Bethany hospital at 7 PM, a km away from the
institute but showed no signs of life when he was brought to the hospital.

Dr A M Kharbamon, a specialist who attended to Kalam after he was
brought to the hospital, said he was declared dead at 7:45 pm.

The last rites of former president APJ Abdul Kalam are likely to be held
in his native town Rameswaram as per the wishes of the family members

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's body was taken to the Military Hospital where it was kept for the night
and was flown to Guwahati by an Air Force helicopter early on Tuesday
morning

Considered
the most popular President,Dr A P J Abdul Kalam became the 11th head of
the state and occupied the post from July 25,2002 to July 25,2007

Leaders cutting across the political spectrum paid glowing tributes to
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
describing him as a "people's President" and an "inspirational leader"
who dedicated his entire life to the nation.

A seven-day national mourning has been declared by the Centre and
both Houses of Parliament are likely to make obituary references and
adjourn as a mark of respect to his memory.

The Union Cabinet will
meet in New Delhi on Tuesday July 28,2015 to condole Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's death and adopt a
resolution hailing his services to the nation

The Union Cabinet has decided that the last rites of the former
president APJ Abdul Kalam will be held at his native place Rameswaram
in Tamil Nadu.

Both House of Parliament pay rich tributes to former president APJ
Abdul Kalam. MPs observe a minute's silence as a mark of respect for Dr
Kalam.
Also, Lok Sabha has been adjourned till Thursday July
30,2015 so as to allow MPs to attend Dr Kalam's funeral likely to be
held tomorrow.
Rajya Sabha has, meanwhile, been adjourned till tomorrow

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has announced that
the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan will be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam
Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan as a tribute to former president Dr APJ Abdul
Kalam

Paying rich tributes to former President A P J Abdul Kalam, Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar today named the Kisanganj Agriculture college
after him.
Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar was scheduled to inaugurate the first phase of newly constructed
building of Kisanganj Agriculture college today, which he cancelled
following the death of Kalam.

"The Agriculture college will now be known as 'Dr Kalam Agriculture College Kisanganj'," Mr Kumar said in a statement

The body of former president Kalam will be flown to New Delhi on Tuesday
July 28,2015 by a special aircraft from Guwahati.
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's body is currently kept at
the Lokapriya Gopinath Borodoloi International Airport at Guwahati where
it was brought from Shillong at 6:15 am by an Air Force helicopter.

An Indian Air Force aircraft has departed from the Guwahati airport
carrying the mortal remains of former president APJ Abdul Kalam. The
plane is expected to land at the Palam airport in Delhi at around 12.30
pm.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar and the
three Service Chiefs will receive the mortal remains of Dr APJ Abdul
Kalam at Palam airport

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam's body was brought to Delhi from Guwahati at about 12:15 pm on Tuesday July 28,2015

President Pranab Mukerjee Pays Tributes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pays Tributes

Dr A P J AbdulKalam's body flown to Rameswaram, last rites to take place on Thursday

The
special aircraft took off from the Palam airport at around 8:15am
on Wednesday July 29,2015 after all three forces gave a sendoff to the
former head of the state and will reach Madurai in Tamil Nadu at around
12 noon on Wednesday.

From
Madurai Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's mortal remains will then be carried in a
chopper to his hometown Rameswaram for his final rites and is expected
to reach Rameswaram by 1pm on Wednesday

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's body will be kept at a school in Rameshwaram for people to pay their respects

The last rites will take place on Thursday at 11am with full military honours

Urban
Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar and senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain were also present at
the airport. Naidu and Parrikar are accompanying the mortal remains of
Kalam to Rameswaram. Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan,
who is from Tamil Nadu will also join the two Union ministers

Odisha

Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik's Tribute to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Odisha
Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik's created a sand sculpture at Puri beach
to pay tribute to the former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

"Tribute to common man, Missile Man, Bharat Ratna, People's President," read the messsge on the four feet high sand sculpture.
Pattnaik recalled that Kalam had invited him for the first time to
Rastrapati Bhawan in 2005 when sand art was not well-known in the
country and encouraged him a lot.
"It was a great honour for me when Kalam gave me a cheque of Rs 3,000
from his personal account. Today, we have lost the nation's Missile
Man, People's President with a simple heart and beautiful mind and soul
who was an inspiration to the nation's youth," he said.